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Floyd why have you deserted us?

I'm willing on Ashley Beeching so that you are knocked out of the top ten and into the letters wilderness!

First update in a while. The Beast never rests. A new entry from Matt Crossman and Steve 'Dounraey' Frames maintains his assault on the 7th place berth currently occupied by Alan 'No Letters of the Week' Holloway.

I have very little interest in Star Wars and absolutely none in model making yet I'm drawn to this thread every time it is updated!

I've never read any of the previous threads or voted (obviously). I'm sorry I just like a quick hit and I think most are the same given the art thread gets more readers by a factor of seven or more. For the same reason I rarely read any text stories that Tharg uses to fill space sometimes.

I did enter this month's (mainly cos me and BCB are BFFs) and enjoyed the process and of reading the other two entries so far - good luck gents!

I will try to read and get involved with future threads and feel that 500 words is enough to get a quick twist in and for the reader short enough to suffer through if you aren't enjoying what you are reading.

Topics should be broad but on a specific topic - this month's comic convention was a good idea as it offers a lot of facets but keeps you in one area. Something broad like 'war' is pointless as you could write anything and say 'er, it's the war on crime innit' or similar.

I am glad that you do it and will be more supportive in future,. I know from my own tumbleweed threads it can be disheartening when no one reads what you toil away at but do it for your own amusement and anything that comes from it will be a bonus.

No Prog in Paisley!

[Progs Passim by Buttonman]

I've never entered one of these before so be gentle!

Progs Passim by Buttonman

Gordon thumbed his way through the back Progs box with some indifference. He already had a full run but you never know; he might get lucky and be able to upgrade his Prog 265 to one with the free packet of Bubbilicious still attached.

He still had twenty minutes before his next panel, 'Which Superhero would be most fun on a camping weekend?', but his seat was guaranteed - no one would dare to move the shoulder pads from his Judge Fear costume, that he'd strategically placed on a front row seat an hour earlier.

The Progs were stored in a yellowing Tudor Crisps box and were of the standard he'd come to expect in such situations - spine roll, foxing, water damage - nothing that would supersede anything in his own pristine set.

He flipped through the last few and was ready to move on when something caught his eye. It was a cover he didn't recognise, maybe an foreign edition or a fanzine? No, to all intents and purposes this was a regular Prog, but one he'd never seen before. He pulled it from the box and examined it closely. It had the damp aroma of an aged Prog but the cover was vibrant and strap line intriguing -

'Judge Judy : Dredd's Meat and Veg are Off the Menu!'.

Gordon's heart skipped a beat - could this be a Prog from another reality? Could dimensions have converged in the crisp box, meaning that a Prog from another place in space and time had landed here at the Cleethorpes Comic con?

Gordon gathered himself; his first goal had to be to make the Prog his own and then he could try to unravel its secrets or, at the very least , flog it on eBay. He glanced furtively at the stallholder but he was busy regaling some teenagers with his 'Game of Thrones' theories. Gordon looked into his wallet, he only had £20 to his name and had already committed to buy a  Boba Fett wobble head which he'd promised to pick up at the end of the event. He decided he had to try his luck. He placed the mysterious Prog into a bundle of old Krazy and Jackpot comics and approached the vendor - things would be fine if only that damn beeping would stop...

"I'm afraid your son's coma is too deep for any of our techniques to work Mrs Rogers" said the doctor. " There is some brain activity but there is really nothing..."

"Wait" said Tharg, looking up from his absent minded doodling. Is the twist in your Future Shock pitch really going to be 'it was all a dream?'. Brian shuffled nervously; thinking on the spot really wasn't his thing. Being honest, thinking in general wasn't his strong suit.

"No, er,"  spluttered Brian, "the twist is that Gordon is really in a virtual reality prison..."

At least it was a quick death and the Rigelian Hotshot left surprisingly little residue on the Marriott's thick, patterned carpet.

When I worked in town I had a Cineworld season ticket and saw about 100 films a year between 2003 and 2008. Now I'm out of town cinema has to be a special journey and last year I only saw Age of Ultron, Mad Max, Birdman and Spectre on the big screen. To be honest apart from the tent pole releases I don't really miss it. The dawn of the mobile killed it for me - it's more the annoyance of the disturbance than the actual disturbance that irks me. I don't care if some guy is playing with his phone as far as watching the film goes but the bad manners irritates me. See also - coat over chair in front, leaving early, arriving late, inane chatter, noisy eating, laughing at me with my diary, etc. etc.

Good to see a few 2000ad prints included on this list : http://thechive.com/2016/01/13/art-prints-to-hang-on-your-wall-40-photos-13/

Cracking issue for me. That Dredd was excellent with so much sinister promise!

Well that's a decent guest list! Just needs a bit of Carroll to spice it up!

I'm loving this series - so professionally put together with lovely books that smell so good when opened. Excellent content too and it's great they can chuck in new stuff if it fits the theme like the recent El Madito in the Koburn volume.

Downside is we are only 28/80 books and my self space is running out fast!

A God walks among us! Hope all is going well Arthur and thanks for all the stunning pages down the years.

Best : 361
2nd Best : 358
3rd Best : 362

Thanks to Pete for sorting this - just don't muck up the vote counting - it is confusing though 3-2-1 or Ist 2nd 3rd - drive you bonkers!

Top of the Shop : Prog 1936 - By a nose.
Middle for Diddle : Prog 1924 - Guy has prospects
Third but no turd : Prog 1947 - WTF? Need to read that...

Denise came through! many thanks Ming! (and Denise)